Fansipan Climber's Log
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| ncst | Day hike from Sapa  Date Climbed: Mar 3, 2012 | |
| This really is a dayhike unless you are interested in the one night camping experience. I think we did it in about 9 hours up and down from the park entrance. I teamed up with three other travellers to keep down the costs, which was then 35 USD per person, including transportation and a sandwich/fruit lunch. It is a half and hour ride to the park entrance, then started hiking when it was still dark. Like mentioned below it is so set up that going on your own isn't that easy. I tried as the day before I hiked down to the "waterfall of love" which is the trail going down to the right of the park building but nobody could help me with a permit. But then was happy paying the 35 bucks coz we had a good time. Lots of people on the way to the summit, also many Vietnamese. Nobody seemed to be going without a guide. Cloudy at the top, some views of the valley below. | |
| Posted Apr 15, 2012 7:35 am | ||
| kevin trieu | lucky with the weather! Date Climbed: Dec 27, 2011 | |
| had fantastic weather and magnificant views from the summit. $55/per person from Nature Trail gets you ONE guide and everything else for a 2 day climb for 3 people. don't be a naive western tourist and pay more than $100 with other services. you are inflating the prices for future climbers. the system is setup so that you can't climb the peak by yourself so attempting to go cheaper will include a lot of hangling. however, if you do somehow obtain a permit and arrange your own transportation, gear, sleeping arrangement, the trail is NOT that difficult to follow. it is well defined superhighway. read LS's DistantPeak discription below. | |
| Posted Jan 3, 2012 5:42 pm | ||
| emm33 | One day via the tram ton pass Date Climbed: May 24, 2010 | |
| If you are fit a one day hike is the way to go as this is one rainy and cold mountain. I paid Mr Thuy from Nature Guides on the main street through Sapa $58 USD to guide me. Vietnam Airlines has sponsored some signs for the trail however many of the signs have been destroyed. My guess is its an attempt to keep the local guides in business as the trek becomes more popular. It is a hard trail to follow so I would suggest paying a guide. | ||
| Posted May 31, 2010 10:28 am | ||
| LS | Successful but cloudy Date Climbed: Feb 7, 2009 | |
| A two days undertaking from Tram Ton pass. See the detailed trip report and photos here: http://distantpeak.com/cms/story/218/fansipan | |
| Posted Mar 12, 2009 7:42 am | ||
| Bill Kish | 2 days via Tram Ton pass Date Climbed: Mar 19, 2008 | |
| We had pretty nice weather but the hike was still rather wet and muddy. The highlight was camping with the H'mong on the way up. We were lucky enough to be there when they had something to celebrate, so we watched them slaughter a large pig, butcher it, cook it, and feed it to us as part of a magnificent feast! | |
| Posted Mar 22, 2008 12:02 am | ||
| atavist | Chuc Nung Nam Moi! Date Climbed: Feb 9, 2008 | |
| Started from Tram Ton Pass and hiked out through a minority village on the lower slopes. Climbed in 1 day. The visibility was bad, less than 10 feet during part of the descent. The traffic doesn't amount to much during the off-season so while the trail is generally well marked, it was overgrown and required tricky route-finding surrounding the many downed trees. | |
| Posted Feb 11, 2008 4:44 pm | ||
| happecamper | Fresh eggs and chicken Date Climbed: Apr 29, 2007 | |
| Did a two night climb hoping to enjoy more camping, but we ended up going during a national Vietnamese holiday weekend so the camp was completely packed the first night. Was fun hanging out with the locals and even saw a whole pig being roasted for one of the local dignitaries who was also climbing. Easy climbing most of the way with some steeper sections towards the top. Lots of bamboo growing since a big forest fire cleared the old growth about 10 years ago. It's a nice climb and hopefully the tourism infrastructure will catch up to the beauty that already exists. | |
| Posted Jun 3, 2007 1:04 pm | ||
| bricewilson | Two day Fansipan trek Date Climbed: Nov 24, 2005 | |
| What a muddy trail. Hired a guide and porters in Sapa and had a nice two-day trek through the mist and rain. Sapa is a great little town and bagging Fansipan was a fun way to spend a couple of days. | |
| Posted Apr 6, 2007 10:28 pm | ||
| hyperbolictans | Route Climbed: Normal Date Climbed: 27th Dec. 2005 | |
| mist and rain accompanied us for much of the first two days of our trek right up to the summit and back to the camping shed on the second day. Hiked up from a pass (Tram Ton pass ???) and down to Sin Chai village with guides and porters hired through Royal Sapa Hotel. With the clouds/mist lifting off the mountains on the 3rd day, the hike down offers spectacular views of Fansipan, and an out-of-the-mundane-world zen like walk through the charming Sin Chai village. | |
| Posted Jan 2, 2006 9:39 pm | ||
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